Blockchain FM Radio

In the fourth episode of the introductory Industry Interaction Series, we speak to Ramkrishna (Ramki) the Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer at Zoreum BlockChain Labs Pvt Ltd. Popularly know as RK in Fintech circle, he is an Alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is a Techno entrepreneur, has founded Pranco Blockchain Technologies Pvt. Ltd, specialised in Block Chain Technologies and P2P decentralised modules.A professional business coach and mentor, he is dedicated to enabling the achievement of innate entrepreneurial potential particularly in high-growth economies. He helps growing early-stage start-ups into successful businesses, has a strong network of Angel investors and venture capitalists in Asian & emerging financial markets . He is experienced in technology sales and product management with sectors like Pharma, IT, supply chain, healthcare, real estate. He is an ICO consultant/promoter/Investor/researcher and an experienced entrepreneur with start-ups spanning digital media, online and offline retail, B2B, logistics, and recruitment of right talent. In his latest stint as CEO of Zoreum labs, he is promoting development of 3 dApps, one in the pharma space called Aslimedicine. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramkrishna-ramki-4a611425/

In this 3rd segment of our introductory Industry Interaction series, we talk to Mr. Pankaj Diwan, Founder IdeaLabs and Co-Founder of Block91, who describes himself as a Moonshot thinker, Mentor, Technology Evangelist, Fuelling Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Enabler in Startup Ecosystem As Co-Founder of Block91, a Hyderabad based global blockchain development and consulting firm with a distributed team across North America, Europe and Asia, he is focused on building next generation applications using blockchain and smart contract technology. As founder of Idealabs, he works with Policy making bodies, Universities and Colleges in setting up Incubation Centres and Innovation Hubs to hone skills in emerging technologies, promote product thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship. He helps incubate startups and provide them mentoring and technology support. we run several initiatives like workshops, bootcamp and hackathons He sits on the Steering Commite member of J-Hub EXCITE, the first of its kind Innovation and Entrepreneurship development initiative by any university in India @ JNTU Hyderabad, the biggest technological university in India, where EXCITE offers a six weeks summer school around Product building, Innovation and Entrepreneurship on cutting edge technologies like Blockchain, AI/ML, AR/VR and IoT. He serves as the Co-Chair, SIG, Open Innovation, created by the Telangana Government as part of its documented policy http://www.telangana.gov.in/PDFDocuments/Telangana_Innovation_Policy_2016.pdf to seed the culture of Innovation and support early stage Startups. Apart from these, Pankaj is a Member of the Organizing Team of TEDx Hyderabad, is the Founding Member and convener of Hyderabad Hackers and is also a part of the Jury on HYSEA, the biggest Industry body representing all IT and ITeS companies in the state of Telangana. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diwanpankaj/